Naveed Akram, the surviving suspect in Sunday’s mass shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney, has been charged with 59 offences, including 15 counts of murder and one of committing a terrorist act, according to the New South Wales Police. His father Sajid Akram, 50, was killed in an exchange...
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A suspected New Year’s Eve terror plot by an extremist group has been foiled by federal authorities in Los Angeles, officials say. Four alleged members of the Turtle Island Liberation Front – an offshoot of a pro-Palestinian anti-government group – have been arrested on suspicion of planning a coordinated bombing...
A US Army sniper who was taken into custody in connection with the Brown University mass shooting has been released. Benjamin Erickson, originally from Wisconsin, was apprehended in connection with the Saturday shooting that left at least two dead and nine injured, according to the Washington Post. He...
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has vowed to strengthen the country’s gun laws after a shooting targeting the Jewish community at a Hanukkah event on Sydney’s Bondi Beach. Police had earlier said that the gunmen behind the attack were father and son. They did not name the two. The older...
The UK and Norway have signed a defence pact that will see them operate a combined fleet to hunt Russian submarines in the North Atlantic. The deal is designed to protect undersea cables – which British officials say are increasingly under threat from Moscow – with a 30% rise in...
Vladimir Putin is “morally responsible” for the death of a British woman killed after she sprayed herself with a nerve agent smuggled into the UK by Russian agents to assassinate a former spy, an inquiry has concluded. Lord Hughes, the chair of the inquiry, said the assassination attempt on the former spy Sergei...
An Afghan national was arrested in Texas on Tuesday for allegedly making bomb threats on social media, just one day before another Afghan national shot two National Guard members in Washington, DC that left one soldier dead. Mohammad Dawood Alokozay, 30, threatened to carry out a suicide bombing during a November 23...
At least four people, including three children, have been killed in a mass shooting at a family gathering in California, authorities say. The victims were eight, nine, 14 and 21 years old, a spokesperson for the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office said on Sunday. Eleven others were injured in...
The nation will come together to honour and remember victims and survivors of terrorism as part of a new national day, with planning underway for an inaugural event on 21 August 2026. This follows campaigning from victims and survivors for better recognition and to raise awareness of the impacts of...
Cyprus and the United Kingdom have come together to launch a pioneering initiative aimed at improving the security of Cyprus’s tourism industry. The launch of the Counter-Terrorism Awareness e-learning platform, announced by the British High Commission in Limassol, is designed to help workers in the tourism sector recognize and respond to potential security threats, including terrorism. This program...
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